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Paper Roses

Purchase the collection on fabric, wallpaper or giftwrap on Spoonflower.

Birth Control

This piece explores the frustratingly tiny amount of substantial research on birth control side effects -- like depression, headaches, and decreased libido -- that exist quietly but constantly in the background of the daily life of many women.

Cue exasperated sigh and massive eye roll. "Ugh"

Pretty Handsome

This holiday season, I organized a "Secret Santa" swap of illustrated portraits among a group of my friends at SCAD. We were each randomly assigned a friend to draw, and when we got back in town, we held a potluck party and had a wonderful time trying to guess who drew who! (But let's be honest, it's pretty easy guesswork among friends.)

Matchstrike

Snakes in the Jungle

This pattern is inspired by hikes back home with my family in Indonesia.

Paint the Town

Over the summer, a few friends and I have been getting together remotely for what we've been calling "Gif Wars." Each week or so, we have a friend outside of the group decide on a theme, and we all compete to create the best animated illustration on that theme.

This week was "Paint the Town."

Valentine's Day

Speed of Sound

Over the summer, a few friends and I have been getting together remotely for what we've been calling "Gif Wars." Each week or so, we have a friend outside of the group decide on a theme, and we all compete to create the best animated illustration on that theme.

This week was "The Speed of Sound," which I loosely interpreted as the ways and speed at which information travels.

Perils of Masculinity

This piece is about internalized gender stereotypes and the pitfalls of masking male emotions with anger and stoicism.

Inspiration was drawn from the New York Times article, Teaching Men to be Emotionally Honest.

Half Mast

This gif was created in the wake of the deadly shooting at Pulse, in an effort to encourage donations to the families involved.

Alyssa

Occasionally, my friends and I do "Secret Santa" style illustration swaps. This Easter, I had the pleasure of surprising Alyssa Gonzales with this pastel portrait!

The Boston Globe

This illustration, for The Boston Globe, was born out of a lingering guilt I have about rarely knowing what phase the moon is in.

I was raised on a small farm, where most of my days and evenings were spent outside, which strikes a stark contrast with my life in a city apartment today. I feel like I had a stronger sense of self and place when I was younger, and I worry about what other things my disconnect with the natural world has caused me to lose. When I was younger, the moon was both mysterious and familiar to me, and those countless moments gazing up at its beauty made me feel part of something timeless and vast, yet somehow intimate. Today, I am distanced from the self I was then, but knowing the current phase of the moon makes me feel like I’m a little more connected with nature and my childhood, even from inside my apartment.